Upcoming Sunday Services
October
4
“We Are Going”
Chelsea Reid
"Heaven knows how we'll get there. But we know we will." This sermon draws on the lyrics from “Woyaya” and Miroslav Volf's theology of embrace to explore what reconciliation actually demands of us, and how we will meet the moment when the road ahead looks “muddy and rough.”
October
11
“Who Is Asking This Question?"
Rev. David Morgen
What happens when you try to point at the "you" doing the pointing? Drawing on Zen koans, surrealist play, and Douglas Hofstadter's idea of the self as a "strange loop," this service turns our sense of a fixed, solid identity into a genuine open question — and asks what awe and wonder become possible once we stop needing an answer.
October
18
“What If the Break Is Where the Light Gets In?”
Rev. David Morgen
We hear a lot about posttraumatic stress but very rarely about posttraumatic growth. However, research shows that some people emerge from the hardest moments of their lives with clearer priorities, deeper relationships, and a stronger sense of purpose. Drawing on psychology research, a video game built out of a concussion recovery, and some hard-won personal history, this service explores what it looks like to let our questions about suffering lead somewhere other than despair.
October
25
“What if the Beginning Comes After the End?”
Rev. David Morgen
It's easy to look at the disarray around us and doomscroll toward despair — but what if the falling-apart we're witnessing isn't failure, but the very sign that centuries-old systems of oppression are finally, chaotically, coming undone? This week, we ask what it means to trust that the beginning comes after the end — and what it asks of us to live our values in the middle of the mess.